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helicopter

/ˈhɛlɪˌkɑptər/ /ˈhɛlɪˌkɒptə/
verb Regular verbhelicopter helicoptered
  1. 1 (birini, bir şeyi) helikopterle taşımak, (birini) helikopterle götürmek
  2. 2 helikopterle gitmek, helikopterle uçmak

Definition (English)

  1. To carry people or goods to a place in a helicopter, for example in an emergency.
  2. To fly somewhere as a passenger in a helicopter.

Example Sentences

  1. The injured climber was helicoptered to hospital.
    Yaralı dağcı helikopterle hastaneye kaldırıldı.
  2. Supplies were helicoptered to villages cut off by the snow.
    Kar yüzünden yolu kapanan köylere helikopterle malzeme taşındı.
  3. We helicoptered over the glacier on our last day.
    Son günümüzde buzulun üzerinde helikopterle uçtuk.
  4. The rescue team helicoptered into the valley at dawn.
    Kurtarma ekibi şafak vakti vadiye helikopterle gitti.

Verb Forms Regular

Base helicopter
/ˈhɛlɪˌkɑptər/
Past helicoptered
/ˈhɛlɪˌkɑptərd/
Participle helicoptered
/ˈhɛlɪˌkɑptərd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edhelicopter → helicoptered

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /r/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. helicoptered /ˈhɛlɪˌkɑptərd/

Synonyms

airliftfly

Collocations

be helicoptered to hospitalhelicopter someone outhelicopter in supplieshelicopter over something

Related Words

airliftheliportrotormedevac

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